I haven't seen either La Vie en Rose or Away From Her, but I'd like Julie Christie to win just so someone playing a real life person doesn't win the Oscar. It's got a bit silly in recent years with impersonations winning acting honours.

I saw La Vie En Rose last night, and while I agree with you about "impersonations," while I've heard Cotillard got Edith Piaf down cold, you can't ignore that she was acting. And doing a damned good job of it. No comparison at all between her performance and ... oh, say, Jamie Foxx.

I'm rooting for her.

(bear in mind I have not seen Away From Her, so can only judge on what I have seen.)